Hearing for migrant riot cases at the El Paso County Courthouse
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Monday, a hearing was held to discuss allegations of improperly filing orders of certification and transfer in 59 migrant…
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Few lines at local Ports of Entry on early Black Friday
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Local economic experts have predicted that this holiday season El Paso could see fewer residents coming from Mexico to…
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Fewer border residents could cross to El Paso for holiday shopping
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The holiday season is well-known for seeing an increase in residents and regular border crossers shopping in El Paso and…
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5 things to consider buying before new tariffs take effect
CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — While there’s a lot we don’t know about President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff plans, at…
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Transportation leaders discuss impacts of proposed tariffs on Mexico and retaliatory tariffs to the U.S.
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump posted on social media threatened again to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican,…
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Texas offers Trump administration more land to stage mass deportations
By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune Nov. 26, 2024 “Texas offers Trump administration more land to stage mass deportations” was first published by…
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Borderplex Alliance warns Trump’s proposed tariffs will “threaten” economy
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Officials from the Borderplex Alliance are concerned that President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on Mexican…
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What could get more expensive if Trump launches a new trade war with Mexico and Canada
Originally Published: 26 NOV 24 12:35 ET Updated: 26 NOV 24 12:56 ET By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — During President-elect Donald…
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Mexico suggests it would impose its own tariffs to retaliate against any Trump tariffs
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect…
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El Paso County to close migrant services center
Update (November 25, 2024): County commissioners voted today to approve the closure. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 spoke with El Paso County Judge…
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Trump ups the ante on tariffs, vowing massive taxes on goods from Mexico, Canada and China on Day 1
Originally Published: 25 NOV 24 19:15 ET By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on…
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Juárez City Council to discuss fines for drivers cutting lines at ports of entry
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Borderland drivers continue to cut the line at the different international bridges in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez area,…
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County leaders speak about capacities at El Paso jails and proposed mass deportations
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The County of El Paso has recently been dealing with a large number of inmates at the Downtown Detention Facility and the…
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3 sex offenders caught crossing the border in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the El Paso Sector arrested three previously convicted sex offenders as they tried to…
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Texas installs additional buoys in Rio Grande to deter migrant crossings
AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott just announcement the placement of additional buoys in the Rio Grande River this morning. In a…
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Texas offers ranch to Trump for mass deportation plans
By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune Nov. 19, 2024 “Texas offers Starr County ranch to Trump for mass deportation plans” was first published by…
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Americans caught smuggling fentanyl inside their bodies at El Paso port of entry
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. CBP officers seized about a half pound of fentanyl smuggled inside of people trying to cross El Paso’s Bridge of the…
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Gov. Greg Abbott issues executive order targeting Chinese government operatives in Texas
The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday, directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to target and arrest people…
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Borderland migrant shelters react to Trump’s proposed mass deportations next year
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — President-elect Donald Trump has plans to begin the process of deporting migrants who are with an illegal status in the U.S.…
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Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations
Trump’s “border czar” said he’s going to Mar-a-Lago to discuss the plan. By Alexandra Hutzler November 18, 2024, 12:48 PM President-elect Donald…
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Lioness captured in Ciudad Juárez neighborhood
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A lioness was spotted roaming a neighborhood in Ciudad Juárez this weekend. Video released by the Municipal…
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ICE officers in El Paso remove man wanted for rape in Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in El Paso removed a Mexican…
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Matt Gaetz would oversee US prisons as AG. He thinks El Salvador’s hardline lockups are a model
CNN By David Culver and Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — As he stood inside the echoing hall of the prison, Matt Gaetz seemed impressed. “There’s…
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Local shelters in Juarez speak about migrant caravan seen in southern Mexico
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — With the expectation that a caravan of around 3,000 migrants will soon arrive at the border, local shelters in Juárez…
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Gov. Abbott: Operation Lone Star to continue until next Trump administration takes over
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One of the top stated priorities for the incoming Trump administration is border security and cracking down on…
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Smugglers caught leading migrants through El Paso storm drains
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector agents apprehended a group of migrants hiding in a storm drain. The El Paso Border Patrol…
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Chihuahua authorities announce initiative to assist migrant victims of crimes
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office (FGE), along with the International Organization for Migration (OIM) and the…
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Santa Teresa’s Border Industrial Complex worries Trump’s proposed tariff on Mexico could negatively impact consumers
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — President Elect Donald Trump has threatened imposing tariffs on U.S. trading partners, specifically pointing out…
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Girl, 4, saved from smugglers in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — HSI special agents rescued a 4-year-old Guatemalan girl and an infant from smugglers on November 8, 2024. Courtesy: HSI “On…
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Transportation leaders on the border speak about impacts of tariffs and BOTA modernization
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Tariffs on imports and exports on the border proposed by President-elect Donald Trump is causing division among…
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